Alben HALEN (b. 1896)

Residence: Big Bear Ridge; Deary
Occupation(s): Farmer; logger
Family Origin: Parents were Swedish homesteaders (c.1890)

Interviews

Alben Halen Interview #1, 2/9/1976

Topics:
Farming with horses. Hard times for farmers. Logging for Potlatch, Farmer opposition to IWW. 2-9-76 1.5 hr
Duration:
0:47:23
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
IWW bankruptcy bankruptcy childhood families farming homesteads horses livestock logging logging camps lumberjacks strikes timber timber working conditions world wars
Locations:
Deary Potlatch Big Bear Ridge
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Alben Halen Interview #2, 2/20/1976

Topics:
Working out as a boy. Fires and early growth of Deary. Joe Wells' logging operation. Piling lumber. Grave digging. 2-20-76 1.5 hr
Duration:
1:03:05
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
African Americans accidents blacksmiths cemeteries childhood doctors farmers forest fires gyppos horses logging lore lumberjacks orchards post offices saloons sawmills smoking stores threshing water winter women
Locations:
Deary Big Bear Ridge Nora Creek Dry Creek Bovill
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Source
Preferred Citation:
"Alben HALEN (b. 1896)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/halen_alben.html
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